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[Cowboy-Themed Parade Float]

Description: Photograph of a cowboy-themed float at the League City sesquicentennial parade in celebration of Texas' 150th birthday. The float's decor includes plastic blow-up cacti and a model oil well. Lights are strung all over the float. A large group of individuals dressed as cowboys and cowgirls are riding the float, which is traveling down a major road in League City.
Date: April 19, 1986
Creator: Kiecke, Albert
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Partner: League City Helen Hall Library
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[News Clip: Bridgeport dam]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 19, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 41 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Perry Sayles to R. H. Reaves, September 19, 1936]

Description: Letter from Perry Sayles to R. H. Reaves stating he joined in execution of the oil and gas lease for B. I. Terry's land. The lease will only be delivered if the test well is drilled. Sayles states their royalty interest is of no value now unless the well produces and advises Reaves to join in the lease to cover his share of the royalty.
Date: September 19, 1936
Creator: Sayles, Perry
Item Type: Refine your search to only Letter
Partner: Hardin-Simmons University Library

[News Script: Oil statistics]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating news stories and statistics to do with Texas oil and oil drilling.
Date: March 19, 1973
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Valve For Oil Wells

Description: Patent for a valve for oil wells. This invention is designed to control the flow of oil during drilling. Illustration included.
Date: September 19, 1905
Creator: Bernard, Horace D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fire-Extinguishing Apparatus for Wells.

Description: Patent for a fire extinguishing apparatus for oil wells, which diverts the oil coming out of the well into a pipe where the the lack of air puts out any burning oil and which can be put in position from a safe distance from the fire.
Date: January 19, 1909
Creator: Layne, Mahlon E.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Deep-Well Pump.

Description: Patent for "new and useful Improvements in Deep-Well Pumps," (lines 5-6), including illustrations. An improvement on the inventor's previous patent (1013579), with the intention of preventing and removing sand accumulation while pumping oil.
Date: August 19, 1919
Creator: Andrews, Benjamin
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Drill

Description: Patent for a drill used for rotary drilling. Illustrations included.
Date: November 19, 1912
Creator: Sullivan, James C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Patent
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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